The Effect, or on the Obligation, of Law

The Effect, or on the Obligation, of Law, as treated in Wouters (Article VII. On the Effect, or on the Obligation, of Law).

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Obligation of Human Laws

In the index as Law · Directive force · Mixed law · Necessity · Penal law · Preceptive law

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Article VII. On the Effect, or on the Obligation, of Law, n. ¶1 — We shall speak first of the obligation of law generally, then of the obligation of certain laws specifically, then of the fulfillment of obligation, and finally of the causes excusing from obligation.Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 15 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section A: On Law Accordin…, First Part: On Law in Gene…, Third Question: On the Eff…, Article I: On the Directive Force or Obligation of Law, nn. 233 & 234 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Charles-René Billuart, O.P. — 191 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On Human Law, n. 1 — DISSERTATION III. ON HUMAN LAW St. Thomas, q. 95.Read in context →

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On Human Law, What promulgation of a human law is required for it to oblige?, nn. 1–38 (38 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, Whether human law can command or forbid internal acts?, nn. 1–23 (23 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, How the commanded work must be done, that the law be satisfied?, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, Whether human laws oblige in conscience?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, When do human laws oblige under mortal sin?, nn. 1–14 (14 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, Certain other little questions on the obligation of human laws briefly resolved, nn. 1–22 (22 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Laws, On the Power of Human Law, Who are subject to human laws?, nn. 1–66 (66 passages)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 10 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. III, Art. 4. Human Law, Obligation of Human Laws, nn. 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383 & 384 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Charles Coppens, S.J. — 10 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Chapter III: Civil Society, nn. ¶495, 239, 240, 241, ¶499, ¶500, ¶501, ¶502, ¶503 & 242 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 7 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Third. On Laws, Third Question. On Human Law, Second Article. On The Object Of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140 & 141 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. — 8 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Tr. III, Chapter II: On Human Law, n. ¶1 — Order of speaking. - First we shall treat a few common points of manifest utility: obligation and the secondary forms of laws; then we shall treat of ecclesiastical law and then of civil law.Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. III, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. How Human Law Obliges, nn. 250, 251, ¶1, 252, 253, 254 & 255 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 21 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. II, Divine and Human, Section 8: The Obligation of Law, nn. ¶1–¶21 (21 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 5 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Ch. VII, Article I. On the Very Force of Obligation, nn. 86, 87, 87, Q. 2, 87, Q. 3 & 87, Q. 4 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 151 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On Laws, nn. 166, 168, 170, 169, 171, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 190, 195, 214, 227, 227, 228, 237, 241, 242, 250, 258, 254, 260, 262, 264, 266, 270, 281, 272, 273, 279, 281, 282 & 285 (151 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 23 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On Laws, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 4 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Article V. On the Obligation of Human Law, nn. 205, 206, 207 & 208 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Rules of Morality — Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)